Transatlantic trade and investment partnership ttip

Reverse in US-Russia, US-China relations The Russia-US relation were predicted to prosper in 2017 after Donald Trump was elected the President. But in reality their relation has whirled in unprecedented confrontation. Trump’s campaign promise to improve the US’s relation with Russia was shadowed by the investigation on the so-called “Russia’s intervention in the US’s presidential election in 2016”. Russia and the US diplomatic confrontation reached its climax when the US Congress approved a bill on tougher sanctions against Russia together with articles forcing the President to sign it for promulgation. Considering it a provocation, Russia expelled 755 American diplomats and banned the US Embassy in Russia from using some facilities in Moscow. In response, the US asked Russia to close its Consulate General in San Francisco and 2 trade missions in Washington and New York City. The two countries had to-and-fro economic retaliation with extended … [Read more...] about Major international axis relations in 2017